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Lily's POV:

It had taken all my effort to avoid Severus all summer long. He had tried to apologize several times, both late last year, and all summer.

But every time I got an owl, I threw the letter in the trash. Every time I spotted him outside, I walked in the opposite direction.

I had nothing to say to him.

And I didn't care for what he had to say to me.

My eyes grew slightly watery as I remembered.

"Lily? Lily? You awake?"

I sat up on my bed an rubbed my eyes. "Yeah? Mary, what is it?"

Mary bit her lip. "Oh my god, you'd never guess! So Remus and I were in the common room earlier, chatting, when we heard a huge thumping, right? And it was coming from the Fat Lady's portrait! So me and Remus, we grab our wands and we go over to investigate, and, Lily, guess who it was? It was Severus Snape, of all people! Well, Remus and I both started yelling at him, because, of, you know, what happened after the DADA OWL, right? Then Snape whips out his wand and threatens Remus, and then I grab both of their wands and throw them! Then Snape tells me that he wants to see you, and that he's not going to leave, and he's gonna sleep outside the portrait hole if he has to, and—

I pounced out of bed. If Severus was going to stay out there and wait for me, then I was going to go out there.

So I could give him a piece of my mind.

I climbed out the portrait hole, and sure enough, there was Severus waiting for me.

He was the first to speak.

"I'm sorry."

"I'm not interested."

"I'm sorry!"

"Save your breath. I only came out because Mary told me you were threatening to sleep here."

"I was. I would have done. I never meant to call you Mudblood, it just—"

"Slipped out? It's too late. I've made excuses for you for years. None of my friends can understand why I even talk to you. You and your precious little Death Eater friends," I paused here, waiting to see if he'd say something. But he didn't. "You see, you don't even deny it! You don't even deny that's what you're all aiming to be! You can't wait to join You-Know-Who, can you?"

I watched him open his mouth and close it again. I continued. "I can't pretend anymore. You've chosen your way, I've chosen mine."

"No—listen, I didn't mean—"

"—to call me Mudblood? But you call everyone of my birth Mudblood, Severus. Why should I be any different?"

I walked through the portrait hole again. Then I ran up back to my dorm, ignoring Mary, and cried.

So much for best friends.

"LILY!" my mum shouted up at me.

"What is it?"

"One of your friends is here!"

I froze. Was it Severus?

"Which friend?"

"...Marlene?"

I grinned, and ran down the hallway, down the staircase, and into the living room.

"Lily!"

"Marlene!"

We hugged each other quickly, in greeting. My mum smiled at us, and went into the kitchen where my dad was.

"How've you been?" Marlene asked.

I shrugged. "My sister moved out last March, so that's good. But guess what? James Potter is still asking me out."

Marlene gasped like a good friend. "Really?"

I grabbed her arm and pulled her up to my room. I rifled through my drawers and pulled out three letters, all from James.

Marlene read them, then glanced at me. "What'd you say to him?"

"No, of course."

I hesitated. I wanted to tell Marlene about Severus's letters, too, but I knew she wouldn't understand. Marlene was sweet, and I considered her my best friend, but I couldn't expect her to understand all the conflicting emotions that came with my relationship with Severus. If I knew her, she'd just point out that he was a Slytherin, and consider that to be the end of the discussion.

So I kept my mouth shut.

"Lily."

I spun around and saw a familiar face. "I don't have time for you."

Severus looked hurt. "Lily, please just listen to me for one—"

The Hogwarts Express's whistle blew. I didn't even bother speaking to Severus, instead, I just walked towards the train, not wanting to miss it.

The moment I got on, Severus grabbed my arm. "Lily—"

"Leave me alone!"

"Look, I'm sorry! Please forgive me!"

I turned to face him. "Why would you want the forgiveness of a Mudblood like me, huh, Sev? You've made it pretty clear about how you feel abo—"

"Please, Lily! I really, really like, you, alright?"

I stared at him. Then I spoke in a deadly whisper. "You like me? You like me?"

The volume of my voice quickly rose. "First you call me a Mudblood, then you tell me that you like me?"

"That was an acci—"

I shoved him away. "Like I said, I don't have time for you."

I turned away and ran as fast as I could, towards the prefect's compartment. Right before I reached it, though, I bumped into someone accidentally.

"Ow!"

My next words came out in a rush. "Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry about that, I didn't see you, I was running so fast, and oh no I'm talking like my friend Mary, and—"

"Hey, it's alright," the person said, and I looked up at him, recognizing him as Bertram Aubrey, the prefect for Ravenclaw in my year. He was smiling down at me. "You're Lily Evans, right?"

I nodded silently. I couldn't help but notice how cute he was.

"Lily Evans. Hey, I was wondering, if, maybe, you'd like to go out on a date with me sometime?"

I looked at him.

Another chapter done!

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Oh, and, by the way, I mostly added the Marlene scene to show more of their friendship. It's not very relevant to the plot. :/

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